The number of ethnic Russians living outside the Russian Federation is estimated at roughly between 20 and 30 million people (depending on the notion of "ethnicity" used), the majority of them in countries of the Former Soviet Union; about 30 million native speakers of Russian are estimated to live outside the Russian Federation (compared to 147 million living within the Russian Federation).

The largest overseas community is found in the United States, estimated at some 3 million people. The next largest communities of Russian speakers outside the Former Soviet Union are found in in Israel and then in Germany, both of unknown size but estimated in the six-figure range in Israel and in the five-figure range in Germany. In addition, in Canada, Brazil and Venezuela, several hundred thousand citizens each identify as of partial Russian descent.

The number of ethnic Russians living outside the Russian Federation is estimated at roughly between 20 and 30 million people (depending on the notion of "ethnicity" used), the majority of them in countries of the Former Soviet Union; about 30 million native speakers of Russian are estimated to live outside the Russian Federation (compared to 147 million living within the Russian Federation).

The largest overseas community is found in the United States, estimated at some 3 million people. The next largest communities of Russian speakers outside the Former Soviet Union are found in in Israel and then in Germany, both of unknown size but estimated in the six-figure range in Israel and in the five-figure range in Germany. In addition, in Canada, Brazil and Venezuela, several hundred thousand citizens each identify as of partial Russian descent.

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In a “special” address, significantly delivered in both Kazakh and Russian, Nazarbayev said ... Before the official announcement of his resignation, he called Russian president Vladimir Putin ... Russians don’t have dual nationality but keep their ethnic identity inside the former USSR republics....

In 1997, Nazarbayev moved the country's capital from Almaty to the remote northern city of Astana in what was widely considered a way to fuse the ethnic-Russian minority in the north to the new Kazakh state ... Nazarbayev supported RussianPresidentBoris Yeltsin during the failed coup attempt against Gorbachev by Communist hardliners....

ASTANA. KazakhstanPresident Nursultan Nazar­bayev shocked the nation on Tuesday by announcing his resignation after nearly 30 years in power ... Key posts ... There is no obvious succession plan in place and there are no clear alternatives to Nazarbayev’s rule in the largely Muslim country, which has a significant ethnicRussian minority ... ....

Stability, ethnic peace ... In 1997, Nazarbayev moved the country’s capital from Almaty to the remote northern city of Astana in what was widely considered a way to fuse the ethnic-Russian minority in the north to the new Kazakh state ... Just as Yeltsin resigned as Russian president on Dec....

In 1997, Nazarbayev moved the country’s capital from Almaty to the remote northern city of Astana in what was widely considered a way to fuse the ethnic-Russian minority in the north to the new Kazakh state ... Nazarbayev supported RussianPresidentBoris Yeltsin during the failed coup attempt against Gorbachev by Communist hardliners....

In 1997, Nazarbayev moved the country’s capital from Almaty to the remote northern city of Astana in what was widely considered a way to fuse the ethnic-Russian minority in the north to the new Kazakh state ... Nazarbayev supported RussianPresidentBoris Yeltsin during the failed coup attempt against Gorbachev by Communist hardliners....

In 1997, Nazarbayev moved the country's capital from Almaty to the remote northern city of Astana in what was widely considered a way to fuse the ethnic-Russian minority in the north to the new Kazakh state ... Nazarbayev supported RussianPresidentBoris Yeltsin during the failed coup attempt against Gorbachev by Communist hardliners....